Title
Design of Novel FLT-3 Inhibitors Based on Dual-Layer 3D-QSAR Model and Fragment-Based Compounds .
Abstract
FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT-3) is strongly correlated with acute myeloid leukemia, but no FLT-3 inhibitor cocomplex structure is available to assist the design of therapeutic inhibitors. Hence, we propose a dual-layer 3D-QSAR model for FLT-3 that integrates the pharmacophore, CoMFA, and CoMSIA. We then coupled the model with the fragment-based design strategy to identify novel FLT-3 inhibitors. In the first layer, the previously established model, Hypo02, was evaluated in terms of its correlation coefficient (r), RMS, cost difference, and configuration cost, with values of 0.930, 1.24, 106.45, and 16.44, respectively. Moreover, Fischer's cross-validation test of data generated by Hypo02 yielded a 98% confidence level, and the validation of the testing set yielded a best r value of 0.87. The features of Hypo02 were separated into two parts and then used to screen the MiniMaybridge fragment compound database. Nine novel FLT-3 inhibitors were generated in this layer. In the second layer, Hypo02 was subjected to an alignment rule to generate CoMFA- and CoMSIA-based models, for which the partial least-squares validation method was utilized. The values of q(2), r(2), and predictive r(2) were 0.58, 0.98, and 0.76, respectively, derived from the CoMFA model with steric and electrostatic fields. The CoMSIA model with five different fields yielded values of 0.54, 0.97, and 0.76 for q(2), r(2), and predictive r(2), respectively. The CoMFA and CoMSIA models were used to constrain 3D structures of the nine novel FLT-3 inhibitors. This dual-layer 3D-QSAR model constitutes a valuable tool to easily and quickly screen and optimize novel potential FLT-3 inhibitors for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1021/ci200434f
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING
Field
DocType
Volume
Pharmacophore,Quantitative structure–activity relationship,Correlation coefficient,Myeloid leukemia,Combinatorial chemistry,Chemistry,Bioinformatics,Stereochemistry,Tyrosine Kinase 3,In silico
Journal
52
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1549-9596
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kuei-chung Shih132.16
Chun-yuan Lin210621.61
Hsiao-Chieh Chi311.42
Chrong-Shiong Hwang400.34
Ting-Shou Chen510.75
Chuan Yi Tang670479.25
Nai-Wan Hsiao711.40